In the class election, the student who gets the highest number of votes will become the class president and the one who gets the second highest
number of votes will become the class vice president. Tabitha and four other students were candidates. Tabitha's teacher announces the election
results as percentages of the total number of votes. Two hundred votes were cast in the election. In this activity, you will relate the percentages of
the votes received to the actual numbers.
Question 1
The table gives the percentage of votes each candidate received. Use the information in the table to understand the results of the election
Candidate Percentage of Votes
Tabitha
30%
Vincent
12%
Esmeralda
22%
Nancy
5%
Tyler
31%
Part A
How many votes did Tabitha receive?

The given percentage of votes shows that Tyler win the class elections (has the highest percentage of votes - 31%), and Tabitha received 60 votes (30% of 200).

What are percentages?

A percentage is a fraction of a whole number represented as a number out of 100.

How do we solve the given question?

We are given the percentages of votes received by the candidates in a class election. We are also informed that a total of 200 votes were cast in the elections.

The percentages are as follows:

Tabitha = 30%

Vincent = 12%

Esmeralda = 22%

Nancy = 5%

Tyler = 31%.

We are asked to find the winner of the election and the number of votes Tabitha received.

As Tyler receives the highest percentage of votes (31%), he is the winner of the elections.

Tabitha received 30% of the votes, and the total number of votes = 200

∴ Number of votes Tabitha received = 30% of 200 = (30/100)*200 = 0.3*200 = 6.

∴ Tabitha received a total of 60 votes.

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